Green Taylor Johnson, Jr.

Rate / Rank
Sergeant

Birthdate
October 25 1920

Date of Death
January 17 2001

Branch
USAAC

Active Duty Service
October 1 1942 - October 11 1945

Conflicts & Campaigns

European Theater of Operations February 1, 1944 - October 1, 1945, Po Valley; Rome-Arno; North Appennies; Northern France; Rhineland; Northern France; Air Combat Balkans

Significant Duty Stations

Airplane mechanic, 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group.(Tuskegee Airmen)

Decorations & Citations

Gold Medal (By Congress March 29, 2007) Distinguished Unit Badge (Germany May 12-14 1944) with oak leaf cluster (Germany March 24, 1945).
European-African-Middle Eastern Medal with seven bronze stars; Good Conduct Medal,

Notes

US Army service number 34416390. Born; Cairo, Ga.Brother of Seaman First Class Louis Johah Johnson US Navy, PFC William Henry Johnson US Army, Seaman First Class Robert Loren Johnson US Navy, Sgt Billy Leon Johnson US Army and PFC Emory I Johnson US WAC.i. Prior to entering the service Green was employed as an auto mechanic by the Whitfield-Paulk Motor Company, Cairo, Georgia. After the war he moved to Detroit, Michigan where he worked for the Ford Motor Company. Burial; Evergreen Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan.